Unit 9

UNIT 9 WORD LIST alongside If something is alongside another thing, then it is next to it. We work alongside each other in the office. appetite Your appetite is your hunger for food. Tom has a big appetite. He eats all the time. assist To assist someone is to help them. Andrew assisted me with my homework. breeze A breeze is a soft wind. The breeze caused the leaves to fall off the tree. defy To defy someone is to work against them or refuse to do what they say. The students got into trouble for defying their teacher's rules. display To display something is to show it, especially by putting it in a certain place. The museum displayed many wonderful paintings. efficient If something or someone is efficient, they do not waste energy. My car is very efficient. I rarely have to buy gas. feeble If someone is feeble, they are small or weak. The boy was too feeble to carry the object very far. forgive To forgive someone is to stop being angry with them. Sandra forgave Peter after he said he was sorry. lively If someone is lively, they have a lot of energy. Jennifer is very lively. She's always running and playing.

如果一个东西在另一个东西旁边，那么它就在另一个东西旁边。 我们在办公室并肩工作。 你的胃口就是你对食物的渴望。 汤姆胃口很大。他一直在吃东西。 协助某人就是帮助他们。 安德鲁帮助我做家庭作业。 微风是一种柔和的风。 微风吹得树叶纷纷飘落。 defy某人是反对他们的工作或拒绝做他们说的话。 学生们因违反老师的规定而惹上了麻烦。 展示某物就是展示它，尤指把它放在某个地方。 博物馆展出了许多精美的画作。 如果某事或某人是有效率的，他们不会浪费能源。 我的车效率很高。我很少需要买汽油。 如果某人很虚弱，他们很弱小。 这个男孩太虚弱了，不能把东西搬很远。 原谅某人就是不再生他们的气。 彼得道歉后，桑德拉原谅了他。 lively adj .活泼的如果某人很活泼，他们有很多精力。 詹妮弗很活泼。她总是在跑步和玩耍。

majestic If something is majestic, it is large and impressive. The rich people lived in a big, majestic house. nor You use nor to connect two negative ideas. I eat neither apples nor oranges. I don't like either one. outraged If someone is outraged, they are very angry. My father was outraged when he saw that I had crashed his car. pessimistic If someone is pessimistic, they believe that the worst will happen. John is pessimistic. He always thinks something bad will happen. relationship The relationship between two or more people is the way in which they behave toward each other. The teacher was proud of her good relationship with the students. slap To slap someone means to hit them with the palm of the hand. Out of anger, Helen slapped Eunice on the face. smash To smash something is to break it into many small pieces. Jacob smashed the window with a rock. successful Someone who is successful achieves what they intended to achieve. My father is a successful businessman. wage A wage is the money that a person gets for doing a job. The wages I receive from my job are really great! whereas You use whereas to show how two things are different. My sister loves horror movies, whereas I prefer comedies.

磅礴的如果某物是磅礴的，它是巨大的，令人印象深刻的。 富人住在一栋雄伟的大房子里。 你用nor来连接两个否定的想法。 我既不吃苹果也不吃桔子。 两个我都不喜欢。如果有人被激怒了，他们非常生气。 当我父亲看到我撞坏了他的车时，他非常愤怒。 悲观的如果有人悲观，他们相信最坏的事情会发生。 约翰很悲观。他总认为会有坏事发生。 relationship关系两个或两个以上的人之间的关系是他们对待彼此的方式。 老师为她与学生的良好关系感到自豪。 拍拍某人的意思是用手掌打他们。 海伦气得打了尤妮斯一耳光。 smash something就是把它打碎成许多小碎片。 雅各布用一块石头打碎了窗户。 成功者达到了他们想要达到的目标。 我的父亲是一个成功的商人。 工资是一个人做一份工作所得到的钱。 我从工作中得到的工资真的很棒！你用whereas来表示两个事物的不同之处。 我妹妹喜欢恐怖片，而我喜欢喜剧片。

Growing to be Great When George was just a boy, he didn't have any parents. The rumor was that they had died in a car accident. Many bad things could have happened to George, but he was lucky. He was sent to live alongside other children without parents. There were kind people to assist George and help him go forward with his life. However, he was a pessimistic and mean little boy. George was often outraged. He told mean rumors about the other kids. He smashed furniture and even slapped other boys. He defied anyone who tried to help him, and soon it was difficult for them to forgive him. But George did display a love for one thing. He loved to play baseball. Whereas he was lazy in school and liked neither the subjects nor the teachers, he was lively and happy when he played baseball. One of George's teachers noticed his talent. He began to work with the boy. At first, they only talked about baseball. The teacher watched George play. He was a very efficient hitter. He almost never missed the ball. The teacher thought that George looked majestic when he played. When George hit the ball, it flew through the breeze, as if it would never come down. In time, they began to talk about other things. They talked about George's family and his dreams for the future. They developed a very good relationship. As George got older, he began to grow. His appetite was huge. He ate and ate. He got stronger. Soon the other boys and even the teachers looked small and feeble next to him, Everyone thought that this was the start of a great baseball career. When George got his first job as a baseball player, he gave most of his wages to the people who had helped him as a boy. He hoped that other children would also find a way to live happy, successful lives.

当乔治还是个小男孩的时候，他没有父母。 谣传他们死于一场车祸。 乔治可能遭遇许多不幸，但他很幸运。 他被送到和其他没有父母的孩子住在一起。 有很多善良的人帮助乔治，帮助他继续他的生活。 然而，他是一个悲观、吝啬的小男孩。 乔治经常被激怒。 他说其他孩子的坏话。 他砸家具，甚至打其他男孩耳光。 他蔑视任何试图帮助他的人，很快他们就很难原谅他了。 但乔治确实表现出对一样东西的热爱。 他喜欢打棒球。 虽然他在学校很懒，既不喜欢科目也不喜欢老师，但他打棒球时却很活泼快乐。 乔治的一位老师注意到了他的天赋。 他开始和男孩一起工作。 起初，他们只谈论棒球。 老师看着乔治玩。 他是一个非常高效的击球手。 他几乎从不丢球。 老师认为乔治演奏的时候看起来很威严。 乔治击球时，球在微风中飞过，好像永远不会落下来似的。 后来，他们开始谈论其他事情。 他们谈论了乔治的家庭和他对未来的梦想。 他们发展了很好的关系。 随着乔治长大，他开始成长。 他的胃口很大。他吃啊吃啊。 他变得更强壮了。很快，其他的男孩，甚至老师在他旁边都显得又小又虚弱。每个人都认为这是一个伟大的棒球生涯的开始。 当乔治得到第一份棒球运动员的工作时，他把大部分工资都给了小时候帮助过他的人。 他希望其他孩子也能找到幸福、成功的生活方式。